A city police officer who was on administrative leave for allegedly faking extra-duty shifts at Tweed New Haven Airport has retired.
That officer, Nicholas Gogliettino, put in his retirement papers effective Wednesday, Aug. 6, according to the city’s latest weekly personnel report. An eight-year veteran of the police force, he was sworn in as a city cop on 2017.
Gogliettino’s retirement came two days after the Independent first reported that Police Chief Karl Jacobson had placed him on administrative leave and opened an internal investigation into allegations that Gogliettino had signed in to an app on “numerous” occasions to report he had shown up for shifts at the airport when he was in fact at home.
Police discovered the problem when a car crash occurred at the airport at the end of the officer’s shift but he wasn’t on site, despite having signed in.
In a follow-up interview Monday, Jacobson confirmed that Gogliettino was indeed on administrative leave and Internal Affairs (IA) was investigating these allegations at the time of his retirement. He said that police are still investigating to determine how much he allegedly stole.
Under the police union contract, city police officers are eligible to take an early retirement after ten years — which can be reached with the help of sick leave buyback — pending approval from the board that oversees pensions for city police and firefighters.
State law also prohibits officers like Gogliettino who retire or resign while under investigation for alleged misconduct from serving as a police officer anywhere else in Connecticut.
Gogliettino could not be reached for comment. Police union President Florencio Cotto did not respond to a request for comment.